Elje aniumbi • A qviLll37l INDEPENDENT JOURNAL .01:=0X.N1CTAIE:10±11L. Pea.. SATURDAY; SEPT. 6, 1856. iterWe trust our Marietta friends will not become r too ninth dsdited over thb "Ce cilia" affair. VC are not musical, and therefOre cannot 'Understand all the terms harmonioui, used in' the' communication signed "IC.'s Violin,',' in the last Mariellian. We have, however, a kind of knowledge of what is meant l,y the terms _flats and sluz7 F. Hire Tightly understand the signi fication, thPYlwill apply to the writers en 'gaged in this controversy who figure on the other side, and hope their amiable diSposi 'tions will not be outraged at the designation. Seriously, Messrs. Correspondents, you should confine yourselves to the subject un der discussion tct d got ramble over •ta.neient lore" or a.:anifc.St your knowledge of the dead languages, when there is so much liv ing bczuty in thi.World that asks your heed. 2f our Marietta writers go it on lahn—ldt. 'em; but youi hold on to the kind of talk other people can comprehend. FROM Srats.—Since the fall of ,Saragossa. nothing of particular note in politics had oc curred, and the new order of affairs appears to he securely was for the present. The.4l*ra was making considerable rava ges in Cadiz. The Chamber of Commerce of that . pot.t, in answer to a call from the Miniyter Tomento," state their opinion that the high price of flour and grain t hrough °At ,the country is a consequense of a real scarcity, oral notsaus,ed .by the manoeuver jag of sitc.culators. The province of Mueloa is attracting public. attention by the immense wealth of its copper distinct, chiefly owned ,by the. government. A survcy.has been re cently' ordered by the latter, according to which. the mines belonging to it, properly _attended to, will yield per annum 20,000 tons of pure copper,,an income of over $20,- .000,000. VERMONT Et.=TtoN.—The recent election in Vermont resulted in the Republicans car ,rying the State,,lpy,a majority of fwaa 20,- . 000 to 25,09 Q. This is large gain over over the majority of ,1352, when the vote for Scott and Male combined, amounted to a majority 'of 3.7,000 over Pierce. The lowa election, in the es.treree West, gives a still larger gain. 1:0-The lrater-Care Journal recommends the following pritetiee as sure to cure the worst cese of hiccups in less than two min utes:—hold up high above your head two •• . • . . . lingers of your hand, lean back in your scat, open your mouth and throat, so as to give a free passage to your lungs; breathe very long and softly, and look very steadily at your fingers. EXHIBITION OF. TILE U.S. AGRICULTURAL nocrETT.—'l.6.o exhibition for this year will be held at Philadelphia, commencing on Tuesday, October ith, and continue fire days. .We refer to the adrertisement in to (lay's paper. gFLure's communication was unavoid ably crowded out pis week: will appear in our next. ---- .LITERARY NOTICES nE9,...The Pictorial Cyclopmlia of Biogra phy, No.'s 7 and S. embracing a series of ori ginal memoirs of the most distinguished per sons of all times, edited by Rev. Dr. Hawks of New York, is on our table, and justifies us in recommending it warmly to our read ers. This work is issued every two weeks, by W. & W.II. FrCemnn, of Lancaster, Pa., and sLculd be taken ',!y every reader. The information contained in its pages will be beneficial, and all who wish to hear of the prominent persons in the past in a brief , way, should t Ike it. The numbers men- Coned contain portraits of the Poets Southey and Moore. X. 'Zeigler will attend to receiving sub , criptious in this place. rCrWe have ab , o received from the same enterprising firm, Nos. 7 and 8 of The Re -1 nthlican Court, or American Society in the 'days of Washington, by Rufus W. Griswrld. Each number of this splendid work is em bellished with a handsome steel plate engrav ing of the ladies who were first in the prom inent circles of fashion Lad education, at the -important period of the Revolutionary War. The price of this work is 25 etc. per number and it is fully worth the amount.— This book is suitably adapted to the ladies wants and they all will, we presume, have it on their centre tables. thLT , -..The new volinneg of Blackwood and the four British Reviews, continence as fol lows: the North British, May, 18513; Edin burgh, July, 1i456: London Quar., July. 1856; We,ttnin.der, duly, 1856, and Black wood, July, 1836. .cobscription Peires.—Blackwood or any one of the Ile icws, :33 a year. Blackwood and one Review—or any two Reviews. $3. The Four Review, $B. Blackwood and the four Reviews, stn. Postage (which should be paid quarterly in advance) on the four Iderhu.rs and Black wood to any Post Office in the United States, only ,S 0 cents a year. Namely: 14 cent; a 3 ear on each Re iew, and 24 cents a year on Blackwood. L. Scott S Cu., Puhlishers, r,4 G.. 1.1 street, corner of Fulton, New York. These works are all well-known by the reitdiag public, and therefore do not require notice by us, but we would suggest the pres ent no a favorable time for new subserip tio.,‘ to begin. PORTER'S "SPIRIT Or THE TIMER: 7 -W. T. Porter, Esq., for many y ears th e presidi n g gen lus over the columns of the New York Spirit of the Times, the only sporting newspaper in this country, will issue during the first; week or .opterl 2 ber, a weekly sporting and literary newspaper, under the above title. It vial be of the same size and character as the Spirit of the Time*, which has flourished and become ramous under Porter, and he has assurance that it will he contributed to by that brilliant circle of corespondents and 'Writers who have so long given to the Spir it its distinguished position among the liter ';iry journals of the Inited State-. Cixux pereM9 that 0.7 Richmond, Va.., neighbors are .r .tempting the experiment of a "chain gang,'; as anode' of municipal punishment. Of 'course, is tbkir ;31111 business, and we rinse no wish to be considered officious in relerring to the matter. But we do trust that this demoral izing and offensive' lookiiak, will not extend itself' within the boundary of this State. 319:mrever it exists it is more than an annoyance—it is a curse, always liable td the danger of gross injustice and ir remediable wrong. JJould none but the ut terly depraved he branded by its ineffacea- ' ble stigma, it - would Still he liable to the ob jection of clogging up the avenues to repen teance; but as it has happened• in all coun tries where used, it is sure, at some time or other, to number among its victims some of the lesi vicious. In such case, its public, galling, ensbiving'pen'alty is seld9m if ever known to 'fail in firing a sialletaness of wit liany„ hegotterl Of deprair, that places the wretch condemned to it beyond the pale of repentanceand reform. It may be remark ed,liowever, of the particular case of Rich- Mond that the press of that city seems rath er disposed to ridicule than to tolerate the nuisance.—Ralf. American. CURIOUS LEGAL DEClslo.—There has lately occurred in Germany, before a lthinish court, a trial in which the judgment finally delivered on appeal would seem to conflict literally, if not essentially, with the old com mon law maxim that a landholder owns from the soil upwards. The case and pro ceedings arc thus reported: A man po3sessea some nut trees, of which the branches hung over the ground of a neighbor, who picked up the ripe nuts that fell from the tree, and also broke some of the branches. For this the latter wns pros ecuted fur theft and trespass, but acquitted on the ground that he was entitled to profit by growing over his own property. Appeal was made from this decision, and the judg ment reversed by the superior tribunals, because the principles of civil law ordain that all fruit and branches belong to the stem, and the stein to him upon whose ground it is planted, and that the right of property of the latter does nut cease with the extension over neighbors' ground, no matter how far this extension. The accused was consequently condemned on both counts. TUE NEW STATISTICAL BUREAE.—We are glad to learn, says the National bileilifiewer, that the Statistical Office in the State De partment, lately authorized by Congress, is now permanently organized. Edmund Elam, Esq., has received his commission us Super intendent, and he is allowed as an assistant one of the clerks of the Department. The gentleman at present selected by the Secre tary of State to assist Mr. Flagg, 11. C. Mc- Laughlin, Esq., is a good linguist, and is well known to the commercial interests of the country for his valuaVe contributions on commercial subjects. The Statistical Office will be of great service to the merean , 6 - 4......w,c5tr , or the country, and its yearly report to Congress will be as welcome to our mercantile fellow-citizens as the report from the Treasury Department on commerce and navigation has heretofore been. The selec tions of the Secretary are regarded as very judicious. LET THE CHILDREN SIXG.—The editor of the American Magazine, in speaking of vocal music, says "All children can learn to sing if they commence in seasom. In Germany every child is taught to use its voice while young. In their schools, all join in singing, as a reg ular exercise, as mitch,..as they attend to the study of geography; and in their churches singing is not confined to the choir, that sits apart from the others, perhaps in one corner of the hou,e, but there is a vast tide of that incense going forth to God from every heart that can give utterance to this language from the soul. In adition to the delightful influ ence music has upon the character, ithats also a marked influence in suppressing pulmona ry complaints. Dr. Rush used to say that the reasons why the Germans seldom die of consumption, was that they were always singing." LIBERATION Or TWELVE SLAVES.-CMIIIII , km Smoot, of Jefferson county, Kentucky. widow of Alexander Smoot, who died in 1847, was a passenger on the mail boat from Louisville to this city, with eleven slaves, whom she proposes to emancipate. She was offered $lO,OOO cash down fi,r the lot, but she said that the money was no temptation, as she would free her servants because she was convinced that it was her duty as a Christian to do so. A black man belongs to her who was not with this compa ny, as he is hired out for a term, at the ex piration of which he too is to be freed. She i says that she considers it her duty, after freeing her slaves, to make such provision for them that they will not suffer or become burdensome to those among whom they will make their home.—Cincinnati Commercial. SANowteu tsu.—King Krunchameha was married at Honolulu on the 19th June, to Miss Emma llooke, daughter of Dr. T. C. B. Rooke. The ceremony was performed ac cording to the rights of the church of Eng land. About three thousand persons were present on the occasion. In the evening there was a grand ball at the palace. The king is 22 years old the queen 20. On the :td of July, H. E. L. Keelikolani, the gover ness of Hawaii, was united in marriage to Isaac Y. Davis, Esq. The 4th of July was celebrated with more than usual spirit in Honolulu. A, ball was given in the evening. TWO KINDS OF DISUNIONISTS DEFINED DV Ci..ty.—At the Union Mass Meeting, held at West Chester, N. Y., Jan. 30th, 1851, a letter from Henry Clay was read, in which ho said, that "two classes of disunionists threaten our country; one is that which is open and undisguised in favor of separation —the other is that which, disowning a de sire of dissolution of the Union, adopts a course and c‘ntends for measures and prin ciples, which Must inevitably lead to that calamitous result." lle considered the let tter "the more dangervUss, bemuse it is do erptive and insidious." ano 3, 'gite_i•z• CORNER Sro s E.—The corner stone of the .Columbia Public Ground Company's School Hollse,. near the Cemetery, was laid on Tues day morning last, by J. W. Fisher, Esq., in the presence of a few spectators. The cere mony was quite interesting ;•'Squire Fisher made a few appropriate remark:, in which he alluded to the necessity of the cultivation of mind in order to perpetuate our republi can institutions, the benefits that would be conferred on society by this institution, and the grateful remembrance in which the name of the late Samuel Wright, Esq., through whose munificence the building was now being constructed, would always be held. It is intended to make this school second to none in the State, in the advantages it will possess. The following articles were depos ited in the corner stone: The names of the President of the United States and his Cabinet, of the Judges of the Unitecl States Supreme Court, of the Gover nor of the State of Pennsylvania and Heads of Department, of the County Officers, of the Borough Officers, of the Trustees of Public around, of the Building Committee, of the Contractor, of the School Directors, of the Churches and their Pastors, of the Attorneys n'nd Physicians of this borough, of the Offi cers of * Masonic and Odd Fellow's Lodges, with their Constitutions, Constitutions of different Fire Companies, Constitution of the Christian Association, lot of Wheat, Rye, Corn, Sc., a lot of Flower Seed, an Almanac for 1856, and a copy of the Columbia Spy. WrAt an election fur five Directors fur the Columbia Pier Company, to serve until the first Monday of April, IS5i, held. at Col. D. Herr's, on the nth ulthno, the fol lowing persons were chosen: Jno. Cooper, Col. Daniel Herr, Jas. Vaughen, Washington Righter and Isaac Pusey. On the evening of the same day, the Board of Directors held a meeting at the office of John Cooper, Esq., at which Cul. D. Iferr was elected President, Amos S. Green, Sec retary, and George Bugle, Treasurer and Superintendent of construction of the work. It was agreed to proceed at once to con struct one Pier opposite Walnut street, in such a manner as to force a current of water towards the shore, in order to keep a chan nel washed along the wharves; also, in such manner and place as to answer the other purpose for which they were intended. COUNTY ScrtmixvEsnExT.—Rev. J. S. Crumbaugh, of Lancaster, has been appoint. ed County Superintendent of Common Schools, vice J. P. Wickersham, Who resigned the situation, having accepted that of Principal of the Millersville Normal School. Mr. Wickersham's administration has been highly successful, satisfactory and popular. He has done much for the Common Schools of the county during the time he has served as the Superintendent. increased their organization, efficiency and usefulness, and elevated the standard of ed ucation and moral discipline in them. Mr. Crumbaugh is spoken of as a gentle man well qualified for this important posi tion, and it iR to be regretted that he only intends to perr..m the duties of Superin tendent for the unexpired term of Mr. °Mnn, which will end next spring, when the position will be open for another occu pant. REMOVAL—Attention is invited to the card of Mr. J. Dellinger, of Lancaster, Pa., who has removed his Daguerreotype and Ambrotype Gallery to the north-west corner of North Queen street and Centre Square, second story. Mr. D. has fitted up his rooms in excellent style, and is fully prepared to supply all persons with pictures taken in the highest perfection of the art. Entrance to his rooms from North Queen street, and from Centre Selma°. CHANOE.-Mr. T. J. Knelt lies purchased the store lately kept by Mr. Benj. Herr, in Locust street, opposite the Franklin House, as will be seen on reference to our advertis ing columns, and will always be found at his post ready to supply the public with dry goods, groceries, &,•., at the lowest cash prices. We have no doubt the "Farmers' store" will continue to be a favorite. Da s , Itice's Great Show," will e* hibit in this place on next Saturday, 13th instant. The press everywhere this exhibi tion has traveled speaks of it in terms of the most decided commendation. It is said to comprise talent of the highest order and of fer several features, such as the intelligent hors?s, mules and elephants, never before attempted in an exhibition of the kind. PRISON liras.—The following statement exhibits the business, Ec., at our County Prison for August:—Cash revered for Car pet sold, $833,75,1; Carpet wove for custom ers, $230,79A: Bags, $152,02; Segars,S9tVG ; Baskets, $36,02; Fish Net.. $42,75; Pants loonry, $151,14; Boots and Shoes, $50,62 : 1. Total, $1,591,363. Prisoners in confinement-38 convicts, 18 vagrants and 15 awaiting trial. Articles manufactured-3,275 yards car pet wove; 39,000 half-Spanish segars made, 800 yards bagging and 450 yards shirting wove; 218 baskets made; 1G dozen grain bags made; 98 fish nets knit; besides several thousand pounds carpet rags cut and sewed. For the Columbia Spy Mn. Roma—Permit one through your columns, to call attention to a matter in which our people should manifest more in terest than is now evident. I refer to the keeping of our cemeterys free from the growth of bushes and noxious weeds. In no place which I have ever visited is so lit tle attention paid to beautifying ground in which reposes our kindred dust, or even to putting it in condition to visit with any de gree of satisfaction or comfort. It has been remarked that the refinement of a commu nity is evidenced by the manner in which the memory of the dead is revered; and if we may judge of the finer sensibilities of this community by the regard shown to the last resting places of the remains of friends, they must be placed very low in the scale. But I will be more charitable, and sup pose this neglect is more the result of want of thought on the subject, than anything else. I cannot believe that the wild looking s tate of the burial grounds is generally known in our town. Nor can I believe that It' is from a want'of disposition te - confribute hie means necessary to keep them clean, and neat, that they are in this wild looking con dition. A very small amount—a trifle— from each citizen would suffice to remove the brush and poisonous weeds, and keep the grounds in a condition of which we need not be ashamed. I hope this matter will _receive immediata attention from some of. our public spirited citizens, for it is essen tially a public matter. Truly, yours, F. For the Columbia Spy Ma. EDITOR-I can't be obstinate. Noth ing can induce me to be stubborn—l have set my mind upon that. And whenever Ido set my mind upoj it, I can be led about like a lamb in tethers, or anything else remark ably mild and docile--tether'd or not. I don't just now remember any particular in stance in which a lamb had to be tried, as I have been, by your obstinate correspondents. I hate obstinacy—l hate anybody who in sists upon anything—l don't care what.— Your correspondents are obstinate, sir; yes, sir, obstinate as Cossacks. By the way, do you happen to remember whether Cossacks are obstinate, or ttb? Not only your own, but the scribblers for the Afariettian bore me, sir ; they're worse than the asthma. lam a nervous man, sir; —I am startled by everything—or almost everything. I don't like a noise, for most dangers are accompanied with noise; and I don't like dead silence, because calms gener ally precede a row of some kind. My idio syncrasy, sir ? is to be in a happy state of betweenity—to use a lucid term of Mrs. - Beecher's Toe. You think this digression beating the bush ? It may be, but don't in sist upon it. I shall recover presently. I mean to rate the scribblers, sir, one and all. They keep me in hot water. "Card of Thanks" opened this Pandora's box, and out hopped K., XX, Phillibeg, Flute, and K's Violin, and a pretty concert they have made, to be sure! "Card of Thanks," first grum bled at a lumber bill and inhospitality—both of which X X. contended were all right.— "Card" retorts and like a bottle imp itching for notoriety, up pops K. K. may mean Kraken, or by the new method of spelling, ]Crab, or Klerk—either of which characters are testy enough in all conscience and are fully represented. Well, K. went "slashing 1 roundrlike a mad bull in a china shop, blind ly goring friend and foe in playing the part of champion. He's a crazy fellow, Mr. Edi tor—crazy as a loon—'pon my word I think so. Perhaps he is only vain; but that's bad, too, for a writer. "Phillibeg," in bad taste, let loose at K. particularly, and Marietta generally, raising a pretty row indeed, draw ing down the vengeance of K. upon a Pro fessor not only innocent but absent from the scene of tumult. "Flute" follows, boring away like a gimlets at the musical, china graphical, classical, nd financial peculiari ties of K. and Co. ' to tones from K's Violin 4 , el, -,. the program . They are somewhat iii.mt , lAigiblerbut tt makes them the more valuable, you know. Some of them may ie., t: something—and it is best not to laugh at ions fur fear of doing a hurt to mental pcm er—under a cloud. There's where Flute did wrong. Ile snicker'd out something about diplomas and dunces ; quaintly hint ing at a way the latter have of getting the sheep skin, under peculiar circumstances. "Flute" should'nt laugh at such things, nor should K. irreverently attack the bugs, bats, and owls of Professors, for only fools laugh 1 at what they don't understand. In conclusion,Mr. Editor,l am a"Ceeilian." Don't understand me as claiming the ability to "draw an angel down" as old John Dry ' den wrote of the original Cecilia. I suppose in that case the "angel" came down hand somely, which is more than old John could have written of X X., K., Doe. & Co. We I presume, Mr. Editor, must take the niece of "old Timotheus," and if we can't boast of raising "a mortal to the skies," we do know 1 that we have raised a pretty row by "trying it on," upon barbarians. David, when he harped fur that old curmudgeon, Saul, was'ut used more scnrvily than we, when we ' touted and sung for X X., K., Doc. and kin- I dred vandals, in the grand plaza of Marietta. That's a historical fact. e P. S.—l have seen "Phillibeg." Ire ex presses contrition for his offence against the Ladies, and good people of Marietta, but is in flexible in his condemnation of those who "soaked the Cecilia," and the writers,who de fend that meanness. Ile intimates an inten tion of visiting the "Frogs" in a short time, with a jews-harp band—now under training, and hopes their efforts to please will be appre ciated. I'll persuade him out of it, if I can. I can't bear any more of this—l shall insist upon peace, and I hope nobody will grow stubborn and refuse the boon. I hate stub born people. Bob suggests that the treatment of the Cecilia should have been expected ; that "Qui vult cardere eanem, facile invenit fus turn," applies well to the disposition of K., X X, and others, whose spite against Colum bia is notorious. Pere. COLUMBIA. Sept. 4, 1850. For the Colombia Spy ORATORY. "A man who boaqed of his eloquence, said that he often declaimed to himself, on which another observed, 'I am afraid, on such oc casions, you have a very ignoran t audience.' " Christina, queen of Sweden, having attend ed a very long harangue, which much fa tigued her, was requested afterwards to show her liberality to the orator; but instead of giving anything, she said, "1 think he is much indebted to me for sitting to hear his discourse." Henry IV once entered Amiens very much fatigued, and being sal ated by an orator, who began his harangue with, "most great, most el eme n t,raost magnani nous," i 13 terra p ted him by saying, "add, likewise, and most tired, so pray leave me to repose, and I will hear the rest of your discourse another time." Mr. Editor, a word to the wise ought to be sufficient, and those orators who make long prayers and long sermons ought to be admonished by the above extracts, also those who are superfluous, or fulsome, or use high Pounding expressions. Yours, affettionately, en IX LI ft I• , Sept. I. 1856. EDITORIAL GLEANINGS Mar The Colonies of the South Pacific are • fast becoming of importance in the Australia was a large and flourishing colony before the discovery of the gold nines there; but that event has given a wonderful stimu lous to its progress. The people of the Sandwich Islands, though decreasing in mere numbers, are making steady progress with a civilized white population, and have al readya valuable commerce. Under the domi nation of the French, the Society Islands have assumed a not less promising aspect, while the British have made New Zealand, since the year 1840, a colony of superior pretentious. In all that portion of the ocean realms stretching southward from the south ern shores of Asia, British supremacy is com plete, so that England by means of her pos sessions, has entire control of the intercourse between China and Europe, around the cape of Good Hope. The growth of the British colonies in that region is one of the extraor dinary phenomena of modern times. THE EARTH A GRAVEYARD.—SeiCrItifie writers assert that the number of persons who existed since the beginning of time amounts to 36,027,843,285,075,845. These figures, when divided by 3,005,000, (the number of square miles of land on the globe,) leave 11,320,089,732 square miles of land on the globe, which being divided as before, will give 134,022,970 persons to each square mile. Let us now reduce miles to square rods, and the number will be 1,853,174,000,- 000, which being divided as before, will give 1,283 inhabitants to each sql1P. 1 ..";:1 - ‘74 wisien being reduced to feet, will give about five persons to each square foot of terra firma. Thus it will be perceived that this earth is one vast cemetery. 1,283 human beings lie buried on each square rod—scarcely suffici ent fur 10 graves. Each grave must con tain 128 persons. Thus it is easily seen that the whole surface of the globe has been dug over 128 times to bury its dead. DELAWARE PE.tCU CROP.—The Delaware peach crop is a very light one this year.— The Wilmington Gazette says—"We under stand there will be from 16,000 to 20,000 baskets sent to market from Appoquinimink Creek, in which region more than 100,000 baskets were yielded last year. Mr. C. Donat, produce merchant in this town, has purchas ed the fruit in Eeveral orchards in Kent county, Md., and expects to gather there from about 8000 baskets. Itia,..The Washington Union announces an improvement by a citizen of Alabama, of a form of projectiles fur rifled cannon, which have since been twice submitted, with good results, to the test of actual experiment.— These experiments were made with a rifled twenty-four pounder, conducted by ex ' perienced and competent officers of the Uni ted States army. The results were such as to induce the War Department to make a third and more extended trial of the new pro jectile, with a view to its adoption by tlie gov ernment if finally as satisfactory as antici pated. 'The projectile is 'of an elongated form, and, it is said, by a simple, yet inge genious combination of cast and wrought iron, secures all the advantages of the Min nie ball. NEW MATERIAL TOR PATER.—The Cleve land (Ohio) Plaindealer, says: The Planet brought down from Lake Superior a thou sand pounds of moss for Dr. Terby, of De troit, who has been making experiments up on it in the manufacture of paper. The Dr. says that moss makes a beautiful white pa per, without any preparation of the raw ma terial for the common paper mills. In all respects it is equal to linen rags, and can be found in unlimited quantities on Isle Roy ale and several other localities in the vicin ity, at a very small comparative cost.' GREAT LONGEVITT.—A mother of five gen erations, named Katurah Cleveland, widow of Ichabod Cleveland, a revolutionary sol dier, died at Hackensack on Monday, aged 02 years. She had 10 children, 55 grand children, 10(1 great-grandchildren, 10 great , great-grandchildren, making a total of 181 offspring, 135 of which number were living at the time of her decease. She has a son aged 71, a grand-daughter aged 50 years, a great-grand-daughter aged 26, and a great great-grand-daughter aged 7 years, all living at her death.—Bcqiimfe Watchman. A !Immo ACT.-A day or two since, as the express train on the Buffalo, Corning and New York railroad was approaching Batavia, in its usual high rate of speed, the engineer, Mr. Berry Hughland, discovered a man walking on the track. Seeing that although speed was slackimed, the man could be crushed, the engineer leaped out of the forward window of the locomotive, seized the man by the body and they both rolled into a ditch. It was afterwards as certained that the man was deaf, and had not heard the train approach. ,11L Golden Plover are unusually abundant at Nantucket this season. As high as fifty have been shot in a single day last week. Golden Plover are valuable birds in market, and when they are shot scientifically, a good business may be done in this kind of sport during the season. Itigk-In this mammon-worshiping Age, it is rare to find a man place his usefulness to the public, before his interest. During a late visit to the "City of Spindles," we were presented by a professional friend, to the celebrated Chemist, Dr. J. C. Ayer, whose name is now perhaps, more familiar than any other, at the bedside of sickness, in this country. Knowing the unprecedent ed popularity of his medicines, and the im mense sale of them, we had expected to find him a millionare, and rolling in wealth.— But no. we found him in his laboratory, busy with his laborers, among his crucibles, alembics, and retorts—giving his best per sonal care to his compounds, on the virtues of which, thousands hang for health. We learned, that notwithstanding his vast busi ness, and its prompt returns in cash, the Doctor is not rich. The reason assigned is, that the material is costly, and he persists in making his preparations so expensively, that the nett profit is small.--4merican Far ' mer, Philadelphia. Holloway's Pills, an unfailing Remedy for Bilious Complaints.—Thomas Ilodson, of Fourth-street, Philadelphia. had the misfor tune to be afflicted with the severest of bil ious disorders, nausea, and a foul stomach, which prevented him relishing any kind of food, and frequently threw him on a bed of sickness for several weeks. De tried many remedies recommended him by friends, but they only tended to increase has malady; his brother, last fall, recommended him to use Holloway's Pills, which he did; the result to use his own words, "was truly extraordi nary, for after about six weeks usage of this in est im able med cine, I was coin pl et cly cured; and will never again be without it—T guess." •BY MUORAPIL Telegraphic °pertains occasionally have some rather singular messages brought to them for transmission. The following is copy of one handed into the Telegraph office in Utica to be forwarded: To George— Third epistle of John, 13th and 14th cer- SCS. (Signed) By referring to the test, it will be seen that there is quite a respectable reference contained in the verses designated, and a small amount of money saved, viz : "I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write to thee. But trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet thy friends by name." CLERGYMEN AND POLITICS.—The venerable Bishop Meade, of Virginia, has addressed a letter to the Protestant Churchman, in which ho discourages any active participation in politics on the part of ministers of the Gos pel. He says he never gave but one vote at an election, and that ut an early period. He freely acknowledges that other good and wise men have entertained a different opin ion, and believes that there are times when religion and patriotism call upon the clergy to exhort their people to the defence of their persons and firesides against invading foes ; and occasions when the great principles of divine law are assailed and trampled upon even by rulers, and when duty to God re his ministers to cry aloud and spare not. But he says that in determaning when and how to lift up their voices there is need of the wisdom of the serpent and the gen tleness of the dove. He adds, that when de fending his own course against those who differed from him, lie has always assumed the ground that ministers had so many oth er occasions on which to show their fidelity and independence, and in which there is no likelihood of giving offence, that they might be spared the exercise of the right of voting; that the probable good of an individual vote could scarcely counterbalance the evil result ing from the offence given by taking part in such exciting scenes. TOE CHARTER OAK ACAIN.—The interest felt all over the country, in the old Charter Oak of Connecticut, is evidenced in the fact that the same morning the tree fell, there were applications to Mr. Stuart, from resi dents of Texas, Georgia, Alabama, Missis sippi, (the President of Jefferson College in that), Minnesota (for the Historical Society in that Territory), for fragments of the tree, to be preserved as sacred relics. One man applied for a piece for a cabinet of Natural History in San Francisco, and for a cane for Rev. Horace Bushnell, for that State. Both his requests were complied with. It was es timated that a cord and a half of wood was carried off, the morning the tree fell. Mr. Stuart, however, provided watchmen to see that unduoliberties were not tate., and he had a guard about the tree all night long.— The fate of this tree will be commemorated centuries hereafter. Old men bowed with age, begged a sprig in commemoration.— They had heard the story of the tree in their childhood, and were saddenced at its fall in their old age.—Hart,fird Courant. CHARTER OAR ITEMS .—On the night of the fall of the brave old oak at Hartford, says the [Tedford Times, Mr. Stuart, the proprie tor, was engaged till midnight in writing his last chapter of its history. A copyright engraving of the tree as it appeared after its fall is being made; and a sound limb is be ing made into an elbow to a ship, to be called "The Charter Oak." A swarm of bees came out of a hole in the fallen trunk, on Satur day morning, and lodged upon another tree, but soon returned to their old quarters, from which they were securely and safely hived. They will be tenderly cared for from the as sociations connected with them. Their pres ence in the tree was not known till it fell. REPORTED SETTLEMENT OF THE CENTRAL AMERICAN QUESTION. -A special London correspondent of the New York Herald states that the Central American question is definitely settled, and gives the general terms of the adjustment. The notorious Chevalier Wykoff is undoubtedly the author of the state ment, and its reliability is, therefore, a mat ter of doubt. He says that the convention restores the Bay Islands to the sovereignty of Honduras, only stipulating, on behalf of the peopfe who have established themselves there under the British occupancy, the per petual enjoyment of certain rights and priv ileges. The ground upon which the restor ation is made, is the importance of preserv ing neutral the route of the proposed inter oceanic railway through Honduras. We titbit the letter to be nothing more than a shrewd guess. HOLLOWAY ' S OINTMENT AND PI LLB.—Won derful Remedies for the Cure of Scalds and Burns.—Emelia Anderson, of Newport, 11. 1., was accidentally severely scalded by some boiling water falling over her. The whole of the right side and leg in particular was in a most shocking state. Something in the hurry of the moment was npplied which caused the flesh to peel off almost to the bone, and rendered her utterly unable to move; she was carried to bed, medical as sistance called in, and her recovery despair ed of; it so happened, that a friend who paid a visit that day, had just been cured of a dreadfully bad leg by Holloway's Ointment and Pills, and she recommended the same. The Pills and Ointment were according bought and used; by continuing them for two weeks, she was perfectly well, and has written most gratefully to Professor Iloilo waY, for the cure effected. Columbia Post Office TIME OF CLOSING AND OPENINe MAILS. EASTERN.—MaiI closes at 8.00 A. M. and 7.30 P. M.; arrives at 11.40 A. M. and 2.45 A. M. SOCTIIERIV.—MaiI closes at 12 M.; arrives 12.15 P. M. Wasranx.—Mail closes Cp.3o p. M.; arrives 3 P. N. SAFEATARIIOII.—MaiI closes 7.30 A. M.; arrives 5 P. M. Mocsrvim.E.—Three mails a week.— Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday—mail closes 1 .35 P. M.; arrives 11.40 A. M. SILVER SPRING.—Three mails a week.— Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday—mail closes 11.30 A. M.: arrives 11.30 A. M. lit Maritrtz, COXdVAIBLA LUMBER. KBT. WHOLESALE PRICES. Common, ull Boards & Grub ,Pjank, $lO 00 Culling do 13 00 2d ,Common do ]BOO Ist Common do 30 00 Pannel do 36 00 Hemlock Boards and Scantling, 11 00 Do do do long lengths, 13 00 Pine Scantling, 15 00 Plaster Lath, $2 00@ 3 00 Shingles, 12 00&18 00 PHILADELPHIA MARKETS, Julia FLOUR AND MEA.L.-Fresh ground flour from new wheat is held at $6.1. Old stock and recently ground is firm at $ 5 .41101 6 1-- Sales for home consumption at $63 7i.— Extra and fancy brands are selling at•s7l i o 8,25. Rye flour is worth $3,50, and Corn Meal $3,50 for strictly fresh ground Penn sylvania, and $3,75 for Brandywine, GRAlN.—Wheat is dull, and prices are higher. Sales of 7,000 bus. new Southern and Penna. red at $1,55®1,56, and $1,64® 1,6 G for white. Rye is wanted; sales: of Penna. at 75c. afloat. Corn is in fair de mand, with sales of prime yellow at 65®66e. Oats are in demand, sales at 40c. for of d Penna., and 39g40c. for old, and 38a38ie. for new. WIIISICEY is scarce—sales of bbls. at 33a 34e. and hhds. at the same price.—Ledger, sth rout. TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS.—A retired clergy man, restored to health in a few days, after many years of great nervous suffering, is anxious to make known the means of cure. Will send (free) the pre scription used. Direct the Rev. John M. Dagnalt, No. 59 Fulton street, Brooklyn, N. Y. September 6, 1950-Imos nr AGUE AND FEVER of three years standing CUItED.—Mr. John Longden, now living at Beaver Dam, Hanover county, near Richmond, had Ague anti Fever for three years. most of the time bad chills twice a day, and rarely less than once; he was parched with fevers as soon as the chill left lam; and after trying physicians. quinine, most of the 'follies advertised, and everything recommended to him, was about to give up in despair, when Carter's Spanish Mixture was spoken of he got two bottles, but before he had used more than a single one he wan perfectly cured, and has not had a chill or fever Able°. Mr. Loncileit is only one out of thousands Vebolll2ll4l been benefitted by this great tonic, alterative' sub blond purifier. ...,*See advertisement. August 113, MG. l o r mi.9Arvl''optrs iNviocittleron is receSP mended to the public, relying' ttpot ifs flitririsie cleat , lenee to secure it favor. For all Bilious attacks, it Inay be may flbsi relied upon as being fully capable of removing toe diseases for which it is recommended, and far giving tone and vigor to the general system. Its qualities have been fully tested in a long prac- tice, by the proprietor. Through the urgent subtile ttons of many, who have used and been benefitted by st, the proprietor has been induced to plate it before the public. For all Bilious Derangements, Sick Headache, Chronic Diarrhma, Habitual Costiveness, Bilious Colic, Dyspepsia, Pain its the Stomach and Bowels, General Debility, Female Weakness, &e. For sale by druggists generally, and by Sam'l Fil bert, Columbia, Pa., and J. A. Wolf; Wrightsville, Pa. Dyou & Sons, general agents, Flitladelphia.,and also by Sanford & Co, N. Y. Nay 3, 1.9511-ly ll*lr DR. ISAAC THOMPSON'S much celebrated EVE WATER. 'ltsments stand unrivalled." This old, tried and invaluable remedy for all disea ses of the eyes, after having stood the test of over Fifty Years, and the demand for it still increasing, is now. and has been for the past two years, offered for sale in an entire new dress. Each bottle will have is Steel Plate Engraved Envelope. with a portrait of the inventor, Dr. Isaac Thompson, New London, Conn and a Inc simile of his signature, together wrath a fat. simile of the signature of the present proprietor, John 1.. Thompson, No. 161 nod 163 River street, Troy Now York. and none other can be genuine. The proprietor has been compelled to make this change in the style of the wrapper, owing to the large quantity of counterfeit which for the past few years has been palmed upon the community, and especi ally at the west. Purcha-era are particularly requested to buy none but the above described, and a 4 the iv/ label hereto fore used has been called in, any bound in that fs propg Joao. %Ital. JIM he.lituc to pronounce count felt. For sale by all the respectable druggists in the United States and Canadas. [Sep..V, 1855. ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW.—ReArt THIS—OLD AND YOU:GO—PROF. WOOD'. HAIR nR.TORATIVE—.wiII restore gray Hair to Is original color permanent; made to grow upon bald heads; remove all dandruff or itching, destroy all diseases of the scalp; and if used say once or twice a week regularly, will pre vent the hair from becoming gray or falling, to any imaginable age. Rend the following( testimonials and we defy you to doubt. (Says the 'Waverly Mag azine ) Success to the genius whose tonic we say Turns back to its color the hair that wasgray. From the Roston Herald SONICTIIING WORTH KNOWING:—By using Professor Wood's Hair Restorative, gray hairs can be pm:ma ne ntly restored to its original color. The subjoined certificate from Johnston & Stone, Gardiner. Ale., is but one of the many instances that ore daily coming to our knowledge ails wonderful effects. It is no longer problematical, but a self.evideut truth, as hun dreds in our community can testily. . GARDINER, Me.. June 22, 1855. Prof. 0. J. Wood—Denr Sir:-1 have used two bot tles of Prof. Wood's Bair Restorative, and can truly any it is the greatest discovery of the age for restor ing and changing the flair. Before using it was man of seventy. My hair has now attained its origi nal color. You eau recommend it to the world with.- out the least fear, as my case was one of the worst kind. Yours, respectfully, DAsi'LN.Mmirny. Baociarraus, Mans., J0n.12, 1255. Prof. Wood—Dear dirt—Havilg made a trial of your Hair Restorative, it given me pleasure to say that its effect had been excellent in removing inflam mation, dandruff, and a constant itching tendency with which I have been troubled from childhood, and has also restored my hair wt ich was becoming gray to Its original color. 1 have used no other article with anything like the pleasure and profit. Yours truly, J. K. BRAGG, Pastor of the Orthodox Church, Brookfield. From the Editor of the Real Estate Advertiser, 2 School Street. Borroy, March 20,1821. Prof. Wood—Dear Sir—Having become premature ly quite gray. I was induced some six weeks since.. to make u trial of your Hair Restorative. 1 have used' less than two bottles. but the gray hairs have disap peared; and although my h•tir has not fully attained its original color, yet the change Is gradually going on. and I have great hopes that in a short lime my hair will be as dark an formerly. I have also been much gratified at the heillthy moisture and vigor or the hair, which, before, was harsh and dry, and it has ceased to come out as formerly. Respectfully yours, Mikr.yor.D. Co., Mass., Nov. 11,1854. Prof. U.J. Wood—DearSir--1 take pleasure in bear ing voluntury . testimony to the magic effects or your wondertut Hair Restorative. As far back as 1836 my hair commenced fulling otr, until the lop of my scalp. became 5a14 and smooth as glass, and it leas continued to full fora great man yyears,nothwithstanding I have used many celebrated preparations for its restoration.. Seeing your advertisement, I was induced to give yourarticle a trial, and to my skier astonishment, I found after a few applications that my hair became. firmly set and assumed a very glossy and beautiful appearance; and, by the lime I bad used a quart bottle nay bald head war covered over with a young and +rigs orotas growth orhair, which is now from one to two inches In length,and growing very fast. Yours, truly -- Iig:CRY GOODRICH. - • liAra HIC+TOR ATIVE.—in our columns to-day will . found Prof. Wood's aavert clement of the above article to which we call attention. What it has done, we have witnessed upon several of our acquaintances in ot. Louis. Hair once gray met our view, black or brown, as the case might be, being the color of early, matiliood; and as fine and glossy us silk, and that without any oilier application than the Restorative.— If it has done this upon others,will it not do the saints tor any of our readers whose ••frosty pales" were, once like the ....oven locks" of Loeltiel's warlike chief if they will try it? We think so.—.7aeloonriffe "Cosutf . . tut:ow:list, °eel., . Address 0. J. Wood & CO. , 312 Broadway, N. Y., and 214 Market street, St. Louie, Proprietors. T.W. Dyon &Sonri.whoiesale Agents, Philapelphig For sale by W. J. Shireman, Front street, Columbiri Pa. Ma:0115,1556. 07 - DALLET'S GENUINE PAIN EXTRACTOR wall subside the pain and inflammation from the seve rest bunts or scalds, in from one ,o twenty minutes•- and that it will heal the wound without sear, and ef fectually cure Fever Sores—Piles—Salt Rheum—ln flammatory Rheumatism—Sore and Inflamed Eyes— Cutr—Wounds—Druites—Old and Inveterate Sores —Scald Head—Corn. and Runions.—Erysipelas— Sprains—Swellings—Felons—Chitaleans—Dates of lar sects—Swelled and broken Urea-t—Sore Nipples-. Erupt none—and all other inflammatory and cutaneous diseases, where the pans affected can be reached. Don't be incredulous about the many diseases named to be cured by only one thing—but reflect that the tew, but positive prop cities which the Dailey Salve alone contains, and as heretofore enumerated —one to four—can reach not alone the aforsmen tanned diseases, but many more not enumerated. Query.—Do not regular physicians prescribe calo mel inwardly ter scores of different diseases. Each box of genuine Dailey's Pain E x tractor has upon it a steel plate engraved label with the signs. tare of C. V. Clickener & Co-proprietors, and Henry Miler, Manufacturer. All others ■re counterfeit.— Price 25 rents per box. IHD - All orders should be addressed to C. V. Click, saner & Co., SI Barclay street, New York. September W, 1555. Remember the Large Auction Salo AT CARPET HALL. THIS AFTERNOON. THE GOODS will be well arranged and may be el *mined before the commencement of sale. LINDSAY 3 JACKSON. Columbia Sept 61666 D. 51 cR crr
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